arm̃paime/i-

This lexeme is attested on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.

[D.S.]

dat. sg.	rm̃paimi	TL 55.7 (Antiphellos)
abl./instr.	arm̃paimedi	TL 44d.21 (Xanthos)

The word arm̃paimedi can be taken as a participial form of a non-attested denominative *arm̃pa(i)-^(di) or as a possessive derivation in -aime/i- (DLL:112). The word modified by arm̃paimedi is broken (qã[ … ] TL 44d.21). However, the rest of the sentence is clear: [ … ]lẽ tbisu tustti arm̃paimedi qã[ … ] ‘he sets up twice the … with a … furnished with (a) pillar(s).’ The verb tustti, a formation in -s-^(ti) derived from the verb tuwe-^(ti) ‘to set up, to erect’, makes it clear that the sentence refers to the erection of a monument. In TL 55.7, the form rm̃paimi is found in a more obscure sentence. It could agree with the word uteñneri of unknown meaning or with the word qelei ‘precinct’. If the latter is correct, rm̃paimi would modify a structure where pillars or columns can be expected. Further contextual support can be drawn from the fact that the inscription TL 55 concerns the construction of a sacred precinct (cf. TL 55.2 and see under lemma qla-^(ti) ‘to make a precinct’).For a survey of the outdated literature see Neumann 2007a:20.

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see Lyc. B arm̃pa-.